Barr body

A condensed, transcriptionally inactive X chromosome visible in the interphase nuclei of XX individuals. In dental cells it appears as a small chromatin mass against the nuclear envelope, or as a drumstick appendage in polymorphonuclear leukocytes preserved in fresh dental pulp.

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